45 Replies to “March 11, 2019: Reader Tips”

  2. From Quillettte:

    The Clear Case for Capitalism

    https://quillette.com/2019/03/10/the-clear-case-for-capitalism/

    This piece is first rate, covering all the key bases. It is calm and refreshingly devoid of polemics; because of this, it might be worth passing on to intelligent kids/g’kids who may be responding positively to the siren call of socialism and/or socialist friends who may be open to an intellectual challenge.

    A bit long: Quillette features mostly longer form articles.

  3. Pierre Trudeau punched his ex-wife according to 1979 news story

    “Recently discovered on the internet is a 1979 Milwaukee Sentinel feature story on Margaret Trudeau that most Canadians will find quite shocking. In a wide-ranging article that touches on her photography, her affairs, and her separation from Pierre Trudeau, Margaret reveals that her former husband, the late Prime Minister, was physically violent toward her and “slugged” her, giving her a black eye.”

    https://www.thepostmillennial.com/pierre-trudeau-punched-his-ex-wife-according-to-1979-news-story/

    Well, at least he didn’t grope her or elbow her in the boobs.

  4. Like most Canadians I’ve been intrigued by the SNC-Lavalin coverage over the last few weeks. Amazingly the coverage over the weekend was non-stop with everybody and their mother chiming in. What bothered me most was the unremitting coverage of whether the PM, the PMO’s head man, and the Clerk of the Privy Council had crossed the line of legality in attempting to sway the former AG in her decision about the use of a DPA. What has been lost in the coverage is the fact that SNC-Lavalin had lobbied the Liberal government into orchestrating and passing a law that would allow the executives of SNC-Lavalin to skate on the bribery and corruption charges. None of the MSM have focused on the fact that the DPA law was surreptitiously slipped into the omnibus bill passed last year. That is the real crime that was committed by our government. A law passed to allow the guilty to evade charges because the party in power had received donations from the perps. This is well and away beyond anything that passed Liberal governments have committed, and if no-one calls them to account then we truly have become worse than a banana republic.

    1. “…we truly have become worse than a banana republic.”

      Yes, we have no bananas.

      1. “Yes, we have no bananas.”
        But we will mañana if you believe the warmists. But the worst prediction appears to be that Winnipeg will have the climate of Minneapolis. Scary stuff. Oh no! Not Mineapolis!

  5. I guess nobody remembers Paul martin making the st-Laurence seaway tax free shipping zone retroactive to pre purchase of his shipping company. Going on memory, but nothing new under this sun.

    1. Michel Fournier, former chief of staff to Jean Chretien in the 1990s, was sentenced in 2017 to five and a half years in jail for corruption associated with the refurbishment of the Jacques Cartier bridge.

      https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4260367

      Once he became Prime Minister, Chrétien appointed Fournier to head the Federal Bridge Commission.

      Fournier received $2.3 million in kickbacks. The $127 million bridge refurbishment contract was awarded to SNC Lavalin.

      Fournier claims to have only $775,000 left, having squandered the rest in high risk investments. I wonder if any of $2.3 million found its way into brown bags?

      1. Or into small strip malls or as we like to refer to them now in Canada as Omar’s Souqs. Due to the proliferation of them it is expected that they will drive Walmart out of the country by the mid-20s.

      2. Apparently, Michel is now living as Michael in B.C. I wonder if anyone has checked his contributions to the LPC?

    2. Nobody remembers that a certain Paul Martin purchased Canada Steamship Lines away back when. Pretty sweet deal when we look back in hindsight. Then we had the contrite apology from him as Prime Minister after the Gomery Enquiry. The things that the Liberals are truly good at are hoodwinking the Canadian voter and taxpayer before an election and then the graft and corruption that follows an election followed quickly by the contrite apology which always contains the phrase “I didn’t know!” or “Nobody told me!” In fifty plus years of voting this sequence of events has unfolded numerous times and I don’t expect it to change. The Canadian voter is too dumb by half to consign the Liberal party to the dustbin of history. Instead of driving a stake through the heart of this party we continually provide a blood transfusion. So take your pick what’s dumber a bag of frozen hockey pucks, a bag of hammers or the average Canadian voter?

  6. Illegal border crossings from Canada quietly rising, data shows
    More than 960 people crossed into the U.S. illegally from the northern border with Canada last year, according to data released from CBP.
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illegal-border-crossings-canada-quietly-rising-data-shows-n981131
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  7. Food Riots of 1795 Due to Climate Change

    On February 1st, 1796, the weather had turned bitterly cold and crops had been failing. There were food riots emerging over the price of bread which culminated in in an assault upon King George III and Queen. In fact, Queen Charlotte was struck by a stone as she and King George return from a trip to the theatre.
    It was during the extremely cold winter of 1794-1795 where even the Thames River froze over and temperatures reached -6 (21c). A deep freeze began on December 20th, 1794, and continued until February 7th, 1795. Even when the thaw came, this resulted in major flooding of the rivers which devastated the surrounding farmlands. The weather resulted in a great famine.
    According to the Geast chronicler, the government had to act providing the poor a public subscription that provided bread and coal to be sold at a subsidized price. In some exceptional cases, it was provided free only when it was obvious the people could not pay. The number of deaths between 1794 and 1795 more than doubled because of the weather and crop failures. The death records of this period show that as food became scarce, disease spreads. About one-third of the deaths are attributed to disease rather than just hunger. Clearly, when there is malnutrition, diseases such as Small Pox spread rapidly.
    Nevertheless, as spring and summer arrived during 1795, it never really warmed up very much. There were recorded frosts well into June of 1795. Countless animals also died from the bitter cold as the grounds froze and nothing grew. The wheat harvest of 1794 had been very poor, for the summer showed extreme volatility in temperature. As we see today, the summer of 1794 was very hot and dry resulting in crop failures during that season due to the lack of rain. Today, they would call this proof of Global Warming when in fact historical records reveal such extreme swings between heat and cold are not modern events.

    Read all of it here

    https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/agriculture/food-riots-of-1795-due-to-climate-change/

  8. With the use of the “form letters” for MPs and old war horses like Sheila Copps taking to Twitter to defend Trudeau, it is evident that the Liberals are in full battle stations. Makes you wonder what revelations are still to come!

    1. I think we need an inquiry aimed at bribes (donations?) paid into the Trudeau Foundation (Slush Fund?)

          1. https://youtu.be/IJlBo5KJ3b4
            Now That’s Blues…
            She was probably Janis Joplin’s idol. That’s a song Janice did on “Pearl Jam” & I think @ “WOODSTOCK 69″……

            ( Sister Rosetta Tharpe, is terrific too, though has a different sound)

        2. That is great music Nancy.
          Funny you should mention Sister Rosetta Tharpe; I watched the 4 part series(4X14 minutes) about her and her music just this very evening.

          1. Yes thumbs up… above song too…

            ….about Sister Rosetta Tharpe….
            I actually saw that same documentary you mentioned on A&E a few years ago. I remembered her singing to the crowd across the train tracks. Are we on the same wavelength? Very strange, like mental telepathy.
            (I thought Thornton was Tharpe until I checked again, to refresh my memory)

            Anyway here is Tharpe from the documentary.
            Seems odd to see her playing a guitar until you hear it, she is wonderful!

            https://youtu.be/Y9a49oFalZE

  13. It is pretty cozy there with the Liberals and SNC-Lavalin executives. I guess they are still the Libranos, nothing ever changes in this country. The status quo will end up looking like Venezuela in less than 10 years. Banana republics always have a shelf-life. And make no mistake, we are in banana republic territory, with the Libranos in charge.

    1. The scolds are also ignoramuses. True, cowboys tend to be of the male persuasion, but there’ve been cowboys of other colours. John Ware was a black cowboy who came early to what is now Alberta and had his own ranch.

  16. Spencer Fernando unearths another Trudeau anger event.

    “Celina Caesar-Chavannes’ Husband Confirms That ‘Angry & Hostile’ Trudeau Yelled At Her

    The dishonest PMO tried refuting her story, but her husband has pushed back, saying he was in the room and heard the conversation, confirming that Trudeau yelled at her.”

    https://www.spencerfernando.com/2019/03/11/report-celina-caesar-chavannes-husband-confirms-that-angry-hostile-trudeau-yelled-at-her/

    1. It’s not Canada that’s back, it’s the Libranos who are back in full swing doing what they do best. Adscam was a joke to Chretien, if we sit back and let them roll the jokes on us as we roll right in line with third world corruption.

      There’s a good reason they don’t want any trials or inquiries, it’s called an election.

  18. Meanwhile the Liberals trot out explanation #12 for a DPA fo SNC-Lavalin:

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-snc-lavalins-corporate-behaviour-hurt-ability-for-an-out-of-court/

    Sorry, it’s behind a paywall , but since I get a print copy here are some details.

    “Ms. Qualtrough added that entering into a DPA might nonetheless be a way to ensure the company pays a price for its alleged infractions to Canadian laws.”

    “I mean, these trials can absolutely fall apart. Corporate crime is hard to prove.”

    OK, has this Minister been talking to the prosecutors about the case? Or is she just trying to lay the groundwork for Lametti to issue a DPA.

    Makes me wonder what Procurement Minister Qualtrough is trying to hide.

    1. Yes, it’s obvious that Justin’s government is going to attempt an end run around the law they wrote at SNC-Lavalin’s behest and the prosecution office with Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s support followed in its flawed glory. The new AG coincidentally from the Quebec riding where SNC-Lavalin is based already ran a flag up the flagpole saying a DPA (get out of jail near-free card) could be considered. Now Ms. Qualtrough whose department gets to decide how long the company is disqualified from bidding on government contracts if it’s found guilty in a court of law speculates the same.

      Note how in Big Government there are WAY too many cooks stirring the corrupt broth.

  19. If I were JWR I’d be talking, no one would shut me up for the sake of a political party or any of those who involve in corrupt practices. Silence is not golden in this case. If we have laws preventing politicians from speaking out how much better are we than banana republics?

  20. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/metis-veterans-await-apology-from-pm/ar-BBUBpCl
    Apparently Metis veterans need an apology. Somebody at some point dissed them and there has been no apology. I guess the almost last Veterans Minister – Drunky McGoo – was aboot to but then Scott Brison decided to spend more time with his fambly out east so he got a job for BMO in the Big Stink so Drunky got sent to hang with the tribes and then Jody got dissed by PM Dickhead so she said eat shit ya big phony so now Lawrence MacAuley can tell the Metis veterans that Canada is sorry, yet again.

    1. Buddy – it’s my understanding is for how the Metis vets were treated after the war. While other vets were entitled to various programs, apparently the Metis were excluded from all or most of them. Here are some of the programs:

      “A Financial Head-Start
      Veterans received immediate benefits after discharge. These benefits were designed to help give returning soldiers and their families a stable financial basis on which to build their lives.

      Veterans received $100 to buy civilian clothing.
      Veterans were paid a war service gratuity of $7.50 for each 30 days service, an additional 25 cents for each day overseas, and one week’s pay for each six months service outside Canada.
      Approximately one million men and women received war service gratuities, with each Veteran receiving an average of $488 (about $5,000 in today’s dollars).
      Spouses of those who had died in the service received pensions, set at 75% of what a disabled Veteran would have received, and the children received additional benefits.
      The children of Canadians killed in service received financial support to pursue higher education.
      Going Back to Work
      By law, no one was to lose his or her job as a result of having served in the Armed Forces. However, many Veterans did not have jobs before the war or found that the jobs they were returning to were no longer suitable. The government put many programs in place to help Veterans find work.

      The Veterans’ Land Act helped Veterans buy land for their homes or businesses. Approximately 33,000 Veterans obtained land for farming through this program.
      The Department of Veterans Affairs provided vocational training for approximately 80,000 Veterans and helped rehabilitate those who had been wounded.
      With financial aid from the Veterans Rehabilitation Act, 54,000 Veterans went to university, crowding many educational institutions which were not prepared for so many students. The University of British Columbia moved 370 army huts onto the campus for extra housing and classrooms.
      Many returning soldiers were in a hurry to finish their educations, so universities accelerated their academic programs to help them graduate faster.
      hose who did not want land or training could obtain a “re-establishment credit” to renovate their homes, buy furniture or start a business.
      Under the Veterans Business and Professional Loans Act, the government granted 6,902 Veteran loans totalling $11 million dollars.
      For those who had trouble finding work, the government provided financial assistance through the War Veterans Allowance Program. Initial benefits were $13 a week for married Veterans and $9 for unmarried Veterans. The total cost for the program from 1941-51 was approximately $51 million.”

      There was also a major initiative to provide housing for the returning vets and their families. Many cities and towns had new subdivisions hurriedly built to house these families. They were basic two- and three-bedroom homes, very similar to on-base housing of the era, and were rented only to vets. The size of the family determined whether one got a two- or three-bedroom house. After a year or so, the families were allowed buy them. Grew up in one; the availability of same was a great help to my parents.

  23. The DPA was nixed by the DPP. The former AG nixed it also.
    Lametti is now in the hot seat. If he nixes the DPA he is dead meat as far as the Libs are concerned.
    If he does allow the DPA, he’s dead meat as far as Canadians are concerned.
    He’s fresh meat for the opposition.
    And it’s all the fault of the PMO and it’s fancy-pants leader.

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